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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Presented by Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0915 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Performers 鈥 another track from our featured ensemble this week, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 31 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Maria Szymanowska

    Nocturne in A flat major 'Le Murmure'

    Performer: Bart van Oort.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Chandos.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Dance of the Comedians)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Little Pearls of Czech Classics: Czech Philharmonic Orch/Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
    • 7.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • Black Diamonds.
    • Cambria.
    • 012.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.297b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Di C脿sola. Orchestra: Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • W A Mozart, Clarinet Concerto: Fabio di Casola/Musikkollegium Winterthur/Boyd.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Sanctus de Passione

    Ensemble: Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.
    • HYPERION.
  • Alfredo Casella

    Capriccio (Scarlattiana Op.44)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Casella: Symphony No.2 / Scarlattiana - Roscoe/ 大象传媒 Phil./ Noseda.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Ballak茅 Sissoko

    Future

    Performer: Ballak茅 Sissoko. Performer: Vincent S茅gal.
    • Chamber Music.
    • No Format!.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Tambourins 1 and 2 (Les 茅l茅mens)

    Music Arranger: Palladian Ensemble. Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble.
    • The Sun King's Paradise/Les Elemens: Palladian Ensemble.
    • Linn.
    • 6.
  • Othmar Schoeck

    Summer Night Op.58

    Orchestra: I Tempi. Conductor: Gevorg Gharabekyan.
    • Schoeck: Summer Night.
    • Genuin.
    • 301.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn: The 'Sturm und Drang' Symphonies: English Concert/ Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Johannes Brahms

    In stiller Nacht (49 German Folksongs)

    Singer: Monica Groop. Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
    • ONDINE.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Dance of the shapes (The Tempest Op.109)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in A minor Op.16 no.7

    Performer: Emanuele Breda. Performer: Barbara Mauch-Heinke. Performer: Daniela Wartenberg. Performer: Toshinori Ozaki. Performer: Sofya Gandilyan.
    • Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 701.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Singer: Marian Anderson. Performer: Franz Rupp.
    • RCA.
  • Barrington Pheloung

    Inspector Morse Theme

    Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.
    • Inspector Morse Volume II Original Soundtrack.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 18.
  • Kurt Weill

    J'attends un navire (Marie Galante)

    Singer: Ute Lemper. Orchestra: RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • Weill: Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill, Vol.II.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    The Water of Tyne

    Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • This Day.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F Major RV.98 'La Tempesta di Mare' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, Op.10, Nos. 1-6; Marcel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Michael Tippett

    Deep River (A Child of Our Time)

    Singer: Faye Robinson. Singer: Sarah Walker. Singer: Jon Garrison. Singer: John Cheek. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tippett.
    • NAXOS.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Martin Ellerby. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Classic Brass.
    • RCA/Sony Masterworks.
    • 11.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor Op.40

    Performer: Stuttgarter Bl盲serquintett. Performer: Gitti Pirner.
    • SWR Digital.
  • Arooj Aftab

    Saans Lo

    Lyricist: Annie Ali Khan. Singer: Arooj Aftab. Performer: Kenji Herbert. Performer: Shahzad Ismaily.
    • Vulture Prince.
    • Arooj Aftab Profit Split.
    • 6.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite in B flat major TWV.55:B13 (Overture)

    Orchestra: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Telemann: Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Venetian Gondola Song (Songs Without Words book 1 Op.19)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Swimmer (Sea Pictures Op.37)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

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  • Wed 31 Aug 2022 09:00

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